Farm-gate



(No Model.) Y

. S. S. 8v J. G. SHERMAN.

" `FARM GATE. Y N 402,4 i Patented Apr. 30, 188,951?.

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SAMUEL S. SHERMAN AND JEREMIAII G. SHERMAN, OF WEST MCHENRY, ILLINOIS.

` FARM-GATE.

SPECIFICATIONt-forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,489, dated AprilA30, 1889.

' Application tiled July 28, 1888. Serial No. 281,331. (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL S. SHERMAN and JEREMIAH G.. SHERMAN,citizens of the United States, and residents of West Mc- Henry, in thecounty of McI-'lenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Farm-Gates; and we do declare the-followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and toletters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of our gate down. 2 is aside elevation with gate thrown up. Fig. 3 is a detail View of stirrup.Fig. 4. shows the .prop-bar andthe pin g thereon, and Fig. 5 is a detailshowing the hinge K.

The invention relates to improvements lin gates; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth.

The present gate is more particularly an improvement on the gateheretofore patented, under date of February 8, 187 6, to J. G. Sherman,No. 173,348, in which a pin is rigidly secured to the rear end of one ofthe gate- Ears and turns in an opening in a short cross- Referring tothe drawings, A designates two vertical posts, having their lower endsseated rmly in the ground and connected by the lower cross-bar, B, andthe upper crossbar, C. The said posts are set parallel to each other;but the one bearing against the rear face of the gate D is slightlybehind the other post, so that the gate can be swung outward. The gate Dconsists of the arallel bars a, secured together by the vertical 'stripsb. E is a head-post at `the front of the gate, having the keeper cthereon.

F is a locking-bar fulcrumed near its lower end to the bottom bar of thegate, and having its upper end extended through the elongated staple (l,which is secured to the top rail of the gate.

Gr is a iieXible rod or chain extending on each side of the gate from aconnection with the lower end of thebarF to the hook e, which engagesone of the series 0f openings F through the cross-bar C. By this seriesof openings the hook may be adjusted so as to raise or lower the frontend of the gate, as desired.

H is a stirrup having eyes at its ends,

through which the iieXible rod passes, as shown, and the said stirrup isdesigned to be pushed forward on the top rail when the gate is open,thus taking up the slack of the flexible rod and holding the front endof the gate free from the ground.

I is a prop-bar, designed to secure the gate at any desired opening, andto prop up the end thereof by turning the pin c, which stands out fromthe prop, at right angles from the top of the gate-bar and allowing itto drop, when the gate may be lifted, so as to allow the lower edge ofone of the bars to rest upon the pin g. The said prop-bar slides in thekeeper-straps h, secured to the top and bottom rails of the gate, and ametal point, c', in its lower ends enters the ground and holds the gateat the desired opening.

It is found very convenient to secure the gate, as described, at anarrow opening when separating sheep, hogs, and cattle, as itis evidentthat the gate may be so secured as to allow the passage of only oneanimal at a time.

K is the yielding pivot or hook-hinge, having one of its hook endsinserted in an opening through the lower cross-bar, B, and having thehook at its opposite end passing around the rear end of the lower bar ofthe gate and over the supporting-pin 7c, as shown.

The hooks stand at right angles tol each other, and make a veryconvenient hinge or.

pivot.

- Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. The combination,with the gate, the iiexible rod having the hook, the posts, and thecross-bar B, of the yielding pivot or hinge having the hook endsengaging, respectively, In testimony whereof we ax oursignatnres the endof the lowei1 bar and the cross-bar B, in pi'esenee of two Witnesses.substantially as specified.

2. The eo1nbination,Witl1 the gate, the posts, SAMUEL S. SHERMAN. 5 andthe cross-bar B, of the yielding pivot hav- JEREMIAI-I G. SHERMAN.

ing the hooks at right angles to each other, engaging, respectively, inan opening in the Witnesses: cross-bar and with the end of the lowergate- JAMES B. PERRY, bar, and the supporting-pin, substantially as O.N. OWEN. 1o specified.

